Monday

Yeah, I don't have much to say today. Work was work. Raiding is not going so well. My plan was to respond to emails during the down times but I haven't done much of that. I have worked on my crossword puzzle though.

Sunday: bulletin

We got a nice paragraph in the bulletin today.

Saturday: rummage sale

Today there was a rummage sale at church. We got donations from people in the church and then sold them as a fund raiser. It always surprises me what things are purchased with lots of excitement (a cat waterer that needs some TLC to start) and which things don't get sold (a coffee maker). There was also one item that we had no idea what it was for, although it kind of looked like a cooking utensil. It was sold too, so someone must have known.

A telephone??

Ben manning the tables.

Friday: a week of hexagons?

Here is the quilt block of the day from my calendar. It is part of a "hexagon sampler quilt". Ok, maybe not something that I would make but is an interesting use of hexagons.

Here is the next block of the hexagon sampler quilt. Yeah - I don't see any hexagons. To refresh everyone's memory, let's go to wikipedia.com: "In geometry, a hexagon is a polygon with six edges and six vertices." To me, these look like diamonds, even if there are six of them.

Here is today's hexagon block. It turns out this is a hexagram. (A hexagram is a six-pointed geometric star figure - wikipedia again). While not a hexagon, they can at least get a few points. Oh, I guess the one above is a hexagram too. It still reminds me more of diamonds.


As I was taking off today's picture to show on here, I noticed the weekend's....also not hexagons. Nor hexagrams. Hmm. It does have six lines coming out of the middle though. However, that doesn't count in my book.
I go back and find the original hexagon quilt. Only 1/2 of the blocks actually have hexagons. Perhaps it should be called a geometric sampler quilt. Oh well, at least I found the whole thing funny.

Thursday: Cars

I saw Dusty while driving today! This is a huge deal because I'm really, really bad at noticing friends (in other cars) while driving. I get teased about it often in fact. But this time I saw Dusty. So I gave him huge smile and wave and was proud of myself.

Wednesday: back to work

Ah, it was the first day back to work. It turned out to be slightly stressful due to this SUPER HOT DROP EVERYTHING problem that I could only work on a little bit at a time. But it was dealt with in the end. The rest of the day was busy and I ended up working on something that I didn't think was "due" for a while but is really "due" next week. It's pretty small so I don't foresee a problem.

Then I watched "So you think you can dance." While going to houses was an interesting touch, it was also rather boring. One of the guys I liked didn't get in.

It was cold today. But also rainy. I love the rain and we really needed it.

Tuesday: home and pictures

Well, we got home to Binghamton without mishap. But then the check engine light turned on. Bother. Car issues have become a problem since I work in a different location than Ben now. So we decided to get an appointment at the car place while we were driving past. It ended up being minor, but by that time we really just wanted to go home, not sit in a waiting room for an hour.

But on a happier note, here are some pictures from the weekend!

Dad and Pat on a boat ride

Another short boat ride

Ben trapped in the car.

Dad and I being Harbor Masters.

Dad's birthday! He's opening his presents wrapped in towels.